Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Jul 22 '01
Pros: Great puzzles and interesting articles
Cons: A bit expensive
Summary: I've been enjoying Games Magazine for about 20 years, and it's still one of my favourites. Games Magazine is such a pleasure because it covers a variety of gaming topics.
The fun starts with the front page. It's always a visual puzzle, not too...
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Mar 16 '09
Pros: part glossy (if you like that), visual puzzles (although less than in the past)
Cons: some quality control issues, inconsistent target audience, many puzzles tedious, mostly word and visual puzzles
Summary: I never liked Games Magazine very much, but I decided to give it another try after a several year break when I discovered it had been purchased by Kappa Magazines. I've enjoyed several Kappa puzzle magazines and figured that their oversight might improve ...
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Mar 22 '03
Pros: fun, challenging, lots of use your brain puzzles
Cons: expensive in Canada
Summary: I have looked for hours to find a website for this mag and can't find one, does anyone know if they even have one?
I love this mag, it keeps my mind working and improves problem solving in actual life situations, give your brain a real...
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Feb 01 '01
Pros: Good mix of challenging word, trivia, visual games and puzzles
Cons: Fairly expensive and many puzzles are difficult
Summary: Games magazine touts itself as a magazine, "for puzzle lovers." And filled with puzzles it is. In each issue you'll find standard crossword puzzles and unique variations of crossword puzzles. Sometimes these are multiple step puzzles, where the...
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Jan 08 '01
Pros: Variety, reviews
Cons: Simplistic puzzles, not enough bang for my buck
Summary: With all of the other puzzle books out there, I find that “GAMES” just does not measure up. I prefer Dell Puzzle Books for both quality and price.
At $ 3.50 per issue, GAMES is a smaller magazine than most of the other puzzle books I buy....
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Jan 02 '01
Pros: packed from cover to cover
Cons: none
Summary: Games. Simple enough name for a magazine, and this one delivers. The front cover is always some sort of game - Can you spot this? A maze? It varies. The game on the cover is always fun. Not bad considering you haven't even opened the magazine yet!
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Nov 10 '00
Pros: Everything!
Cons: Nuttin
Summary: Picture it...New Jersey. 1980's. A young woman picks up a magazine called "Games". She is an intelligent woman, and yearns for a magazine to challenge her grey matter. Bringing the magazine home, she grabs a Pepsi, and a pen (pencils are...
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Oct 11 '00
Pros: Varied, colorful, good way to relax.
Cons: Some of those puzzles are REALLY hard!!
Summary: How do I love this magazine, let me count the ways. Seriously though, this magazine is overflowing with puzzles, mind-teasers, stories, game advice, trivia and much much more. Although this may sound like a plug for GAMES I fully believe that these are...
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Sep 21 '00
Pros: Great puzzles and regular features.
Cons: Skimpy for $3.50
Summary: I got my first issue of Games magazine (and soon a subscription) around 1979. The magazine, owned at the time by Hugh Hefner and Playboy, was a wonderful combination of pencil puzzles (created by some of the best in the business), visual games (via...
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Aug 14 '00
Pros: the challenge
Cons: nothing
Summary: If there's one thing I love to do on my days off, or when I'm just trying to get to sleep at night, it's rack my brain with a good puzzle. Call me crazy or whatever you want, but that's what I do.
About a year ago I found the perfect magazine...
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Jun 14 '00
Pros: Covers absolutely everything to do with games
Cons: none
Summary: I have been reading Games magazine ever since the very first one was published over 20 years ago. As far as I can tell (and I have looked VERY hard) there are no other puzzle/game magazines out there like this one. As such, for me, Games is the...
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Jun 03 '00
Pros: Challenging! Great Variety! An entertaining read; very few ads!
Cons: Can be a challenge to beginners; not just "pencil puzzles" if that's what you're looking for!
Summary: Games Magazine is exactly what you'd expect to see in a publication of that title, GAMES from cover to cover. I used to subscribe to this magazine years ago. After a while, I had a change of sorts, and found I preferred a publication devoted solely to...
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Apr 10 '00
Pros: Great puzzles, great fun, great reviews...
Cons: Crossword puzzles aren't my thing...
Summary: If you like puzzles, especially logic puzzles then this is the magazine for you. This magazine has some of the best and most creative "games" anywhere. There is always one or two, at least, that really impress me. Now if it weren't for all of...
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Apr 09 '00
Pros: Varied puzzles and reviews and articles
Cons: perhaps too many crosswords
Summary: When I was little I'd get mom's copy and do the puzzles she didnt like...she's a crossword puzzler and as a little one, these were beyond me...as I grew I started going through old copies that were around the house and doing the crosswords that had been...
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Apr 03 '00
Pros: variety of puzzles, good reviews
Cons: only 6 issues/year
Summary: I discovered Games magazine in its earlier incarnation (in the mid-1980s) when I was in college. Several of us would get together and work on our copies when they arrived, inevitably in the middle of exam weeks. We would see how many people we would...
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